Category: Ask Logicool
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Intensive Mode Teaching
I attended a conference recently on Intensive Mode Teaching which was quite informative. It was aimed more at the university world but it was still an interesting group and some good discussions ensued. I let one of the facilitators know some of my thoughts after the conference via email and she asked me to put…
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What training is not!
It has been quite a while since I released a new video but I had a bit of spare time over the last few weekends and I was keen to play around with some green screen stuff and this video was the result. I haven’t gt it right yet but I am learning. I hope…
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New Years Resolutions for Educators
What are your New Years Resolutions? Do you have any at all? I checked a few online resources and it appears that the most common resolutions are: Drink Less Alcohol Eat Healthy Food Get a Better Education Get a Better Job Get Fit Lose Weight Manage Debt Manage Stress Quit Smoking Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle…
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Assessment! Why is it so confusing?
I was delivering another assessment session to a group of participants on the weekend and the normal pattern emerged. Half of the group got the concept almost immediately and then the other half had a great deal of trouble understanding what was required when you have to plan an assessment based on set criteria. I…
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Competency Assessment Resources
I have a number of training groups studying assessment units at present and I forgot that I had produced a number of assessment related videos over the last 12 months. I have added a new one to the library on assessment tools. Check out the others below as well. You can access all of these…
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Assessment Validation
Assessment validation isn’t a complex process but it is one that has many students and professional trainers and assessors confused about. I think the reason for that is two fold. One, it is often mixed up with the term valid, which is part of the validation process but not all of it and two, because…
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Writing an assessment is SIMPLE!
I think we have definitely over complicated the assessment writing process. This weeks Ask Logicool video outlines a simple five step process on how to write an effective assessment. In fact if you practice this you will be able to write an assessment in less than 15 minutes for a unit of competence. You will…
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Great training is easy!
The 14th episode of Ask Logical has just been released and covers the three simple concepts that ensure great, effective training. It can be viewed at all of the usual locations or by watching below. This carries on from a bit of a theme that has developed in my recent posts of keeping things simple…
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Khartoum International School Interview
The third and final part of the interview with Greg Hughes – Superintendent of the Khartoum American School has been uploaded to the usual locations. I hope you enjoyed this series. If you missed part 1 it can be seen here and part 2 can be seen here. I have promised to check up with…
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Teaching overseas – second interview
The second part of the three part series on International Schools has been posted and can viewed below or at the usual locations (BlipTV, Youtube & iTunes). If you didn’t catch the first one please go to this link. I hope that you are enjoying these interviews. The third and last part of the series…